by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Timothy Killeen, National Science Foundation 2012 The two-way interaction of societal activity with environmental processes now defines clear and present challenges to our well-being. Human activity is changing the climate system and the ecosystem services that...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc Weber, Université de Genève 2012 Imagine you are an economic historian writing at the end of the 21st century about the second half of the 20th and first decade of the 21st. You will probably write that this period was characterized by an unprecedented increase in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2012 We live in a time of great change, an increasingly global society, driven by the exponential growth of new knowledge and knitted together by rapidly evolving information and communication technologies. It is a time of...
by GK | Feb 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University 2010 The story of Canada’s innovation strategy begins with two key measurements: 1. Since 1990, Canada has ranked first fully eight times in the United Nation’s Human Development Index, which examines health, education and income...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Chuck Vest, MIT Cambridge 2010 The early years of the 21st century have found the U.S., Europe and Asia increasingly committed to technology-based innovation as the road to economic prosperity. Every CEO has had a catchphrase to this effect on his or her tongue....
